URGENT: Canada Post is on Strike (Sept 25, 2025)

[dinomitesales]

No public announcement yet, but reports rapidly coming in from union members, as reported on the Canada Post Corporation subreddit. Here was the notice sent out to them just moments ago.

Expect a formal public announcement from the union shortly.

If you rely on Canada Post for your business put your store on vacation ASAP.

[junkwax_heroes]

Good Thing I switched to UPS last strike, eBay Labels offers great pricing with UPS

[ilikehockeyjerseys]

Hold them. eBay won't cover you without a scan. Buyers might say that they will wait, but many people had to refund batches of lettermail last time around because buyers who will wait usually get cold feet after a certain period of time. 

Your only real option is to ship Expedited Lite and get a scan. 

If you have lettermail set up with Economy Shipping, that gives you roughly 30 days, I would write a form letter to customers letting them know that there might be delays and give them the option to cancel anytime before Canada Post goes back to work. Hold them in case there is a back to work mandate. If there is a back to work mandate next week and you toss them in a box, you are probably good if you have the economy shipping or if eBay adds extensions to shipping deadlines with Canada Post services and you have lettermail selected. 

[ericsells75]

Awesome. Store back on time away.... I literally can't give away my stuff at this point in my efforts to liquidate my store. And now the weathers too **bleep**py to have a garage sale but maybe i'll risk it and try it anyway. 

I absolutley give up. 

[ilikehockeyjerseys]

Maybe I can convince the UPS store to take my P stamps. 

[easoss]

I'm expecting my local marketplace to be even hotter than it already is. I'm using this weekend to think about ending my store subscription early. It's no longer viable. To think how much the world of online selling has been decimated in 2 months. 

[john_koenig99]

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@easoss wrote:

 To think how much the world of online selling has been decimated in 2 months. 

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Indeed. Double whammy of Trump and CUPE.

[vintagenorth]

And here I finally got my new Win 11 computer set up! My stores have been on time away for the last 30 days and just getting ready to begin selling again and now we have the strike to deal with! I'm getting too old for this now. Actually, I was hoping they would hold off striking until December (sorry fellow sellers), then I would have an excuse to just send e transfers for Christmas gifts and I wouldn't have to go to the mall and shop for gifts.

[spot1970]

I'm reading a lot of people slamming Canadapost but it was the Goverments announcements today that triggered this strike, out of the blue they announce No door to door delivery, slower mail times (if it could get any slower) and closing of 100's of Canadapost Offices (thousands of job losses accross Canada), with no notice just an announcemnt in Parliment today, this is not the way to do things....well I am not a huge fan of Canadapost or Unions, this was not a way to do things. I am about done with selling, with the tarriffs, new no-dimminmus, all the postal disruptions it just dosen't seem worth it anymore. 

[silverpinups]

It's very frustrating... CUPW should have accepted Canada Post's final offer. Now CUPW will be striking their way into joblessness.  

[vintageandglamor]

Get your orders out before UPS adds their surcharges.

[easoss]

What orders? I've had 6 sales in September. 

[33nhl]

Got an email from Chitchats that all there Canada post lables options are being suspened until further notice. So feel will get nasty this time around with strike, only option goverment will legislate back like it did AirCanada workers. Have feeling wont be a good xmas this year.

[flipistics]

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@silverpinups wrote:

It's very frustrating... CUPW should have accepted Canada Post's final offer. Now CUPW will be striking their way into joblessness.  

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When the dust settles, whatever deal they get probably isn't going to be as good as the one they turned down. Hopefully this will be the end of the Union's leadership team.

[33nhl]

LOL Same here had to get new pc cause what i had was still good but cause mr. microsoft saying different on no more support was forced to buy new pc, but i will write off lol if it comes to it lol and now strike and tariffs well cant get any worse can it ??? lol 

[33nhl]

I only have lousy subscription cause during covid with all the 100k free listings per month it drawed me into get monthly subscription once it ended insted of paying 40 cents per extra listing after the 200 free listing although now ist 250 free listing month, listing 1000  cards at $1 to 5$ and then paying 40 cents for each to list per month better off burning the cards then paying listing fees and then paying 14% in selling fees, just not worth it any more if really sat down and did math work

[widgetc]

To me it was obvious at this point that the government would direct a major restructuring. With the cuts that are coming to various departments in government there was no way Carney would agree to fund huge losses forever and a strike is not going to change that. The Kaplin report was not going to be shelved. The smart course of action would have been to accept the offered wage increase and to negotiate how any reduction in work force is to occur so as to ease the process for its members by emphasizing attrition and voluntary retirement inducements. The only question now is how long back to work legislation will take. I personally don’t think it will take as long as last time. I guess we will see.

[naturelover55]

Well said. Very unprofessional from the government and shows a total disprespect for people who rely on Canada Post!

[silverpinups]

"When the dust settles, whatever deal they get probably isn't going to be as good as the one they turned down. Hopefully this will be the end of the Union's leadership team".

The postal workers lost so much money because of their last strike that they will never recover it. Going on strike now is the final nail in the coffin for them. When the smoke clears they will be working for less wages and job security now that the government has stepped in.  

[lotzofuniquegoodies]

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@ilikehockeyjerseys wrote:

Maybe I can convince the UPS store to take my P stamps. 

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Right now missing the olden days....Before mergers...When we had competition...Businesses with motto we can be better than the other guys...Having customer service--Where if you asked a question, they got you the answer....Price wars--Where prices went down not up....Adding features vs taking them away. The list goes on but ya gets the idea!!!! And the beat goes on!!!

[vintageandglamor]

What happens to INR claims when packages are stuck in limbo from a strike? I was not shipping in Q4 2024 so I dont have the answer.